Since moving to New York City in 2005, I imagined many different lives unfolding in this great city for myself, my family, and my friends. Except this.

Right now New Yorkers are just trying to survive day by day, picking up food at the grocery store and going to work if you’re one of the city’s new heroes — health care professionals, cops, FDNY, delivery people, grocery store clerks, laundromat staff, pharmacy employees, and even liquor store workers.

For the most part, people are doing their best to social distance as much as they can. Needless to say, this is a hard place to keep away from people when you head out the door.

Here are a few scenes from the city during week 1 of the lockdown in New York.

The Sheep Meadow in Central Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

An empty Meatpacking District except for a few vintage cars in front of the Apple Store.

Nature doesn’t stop: Turtles on the edge of the Harlem Meer.

A very quiet Central Park with the daffodils starting to bloom.

The Guggenheim: Only admired from the outside for the time being.

Park Avenue on the Upper East Side.

An empty Central Park with the San Remo in the background.

The Museum Mile in bloom along Fifth Avenue.